Pinedale Anticline Working Group to Meet

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will meet on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 9 a.m. at the Pinedale Field Office, 1625 W. Pine St., Pinedale, Wyo.

The meeting is open to the public. Topics will include:

A BLM report on recreational activities and projects completed with mitigation funding;

A review of previous cultural task group recommendations and implementation status;

An update on the Green River Drift nomination; and

A presentation and discussion on the option to merge the PAWG with the Wyoming Resource Advisory Council.

The PAWG is tasked with providing balanced recommendations to the BLM on developing and implementing monitoring plans, mitigation and adaptive management decisions for oil and gas activities in the Pinedale Anticline Project Area.

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under our mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2013, the BLM generated $4.7 billion in receipts from public lands.